David Marsh Head Coach Team Elite SwimMAC Carolina Head Coach David Marsh started Team Elite upon his arrival at SwimMAC Carolina in the spring of 2007. With the support of and in conjunction with the United State Olympic Committee and USA Swimming, Marsh wanted to positively impact and address the needs of the primary American medal-producing group, the post-graduate swimmer. The much sought after Marsh quickly rose through the ranks of USA Swimming and college coaching making the one consistency in his career winning. Known as one of the winningiest coaches in the country, Marsh’s vision was to model for the rest of the country a center of excellence that provided an experience for all with measurable results. He would go on to develop a success begets success model in which an Elite Team, prepping for the 2012 Olympic Games, would model “good” to young aspiring swimmers from SwimMAC Carolina. The two-time Olympic coach has directly coached over 34 Olympians who have won 27 medals. The Miami, Fla. native and 1981 graduate of Auburn University, Marsh went on to be an SEC champion in the 100 backstroke on a team that featured Rowdy Gaines. Later in Marsh’s career Gaines would swim for him in an attempt to qualify for the 1988 Olympic games. Following graduation from Auburn, Marsh stayed on to coach for four seasons before leaving for Atlanta as the head coach of Dynamo Swim Club. He then moved to Las Vegas in an effort to change the sport of swimming starting the Las Vegas Gold. The mentality of Vegas stimulated a progressive way to think as the Gold was the first program in the United States to offer $100,000.00, put up by Bob Stupak owner of the Vegas World to the first Gold swimmer to break an American Record. In 1990, at the Goodwill Games in Seattle, Wash., Marsh directed Stewart, a SwimMAC alum, to his first American record in the 200 butterfly. A few months later Stewart smashed the world record at the World Championship. In 1990 Marsh’s Alma mater was coming off of a season where the men did not score any points at the NCAA Championship and the women placed 24th, not keeping pace with the power house SEC. Auburn knowing change was needed reached out to the young Marsh and tapped him to take the helm as both the men’s and women’s coach. Quickly establishing a clear vision and proclaiming a yet to be seen conference title in four years with a National Championship soon to follow, young athletes were quick to jump on board. The results: 1994 Auburn Completes the James Martin Aquatic Center (50 mtr. pool) 1994 Auburn wins their first SEC title defeating perennial favorite Florida 1997 Auburn wins their first of 12 NCAA titles. At the same time Auburn was getting Marsh settled into his new role, USA Swimming tabbed Marsh in what would be his first of 11 international coaching assignments as the men’s assistant coach at the 1991 Pan-American Games in Havana, Cuba. Over the next decade Marsh would serve as an assistant coach six times and five times as a head coach for Team USA. (See insert for international experiences) With five seasons under his belt at Auburn, where he was turning both programs around to being top-15 in the country, and three international coaching experiences to draw from, Marsh was appointed to the 1996 Olympic Games men’s swimming staff. Four years later he was again asked to be part of the Olympic team. In the 2000 Sydney Games USA’s male swimmers upped the ante and won the most medals by a men’s swimming team ever collecting 16 medals, 13 individual and three relay. It was in 2012 when SwimMAC’s vision of a post-graduate system came full circle with five members of Team Elite being named to the 2012 Olympic Team. With five athletes, Cullen Jones, Kara Lynn Joyce, Micah Lawrence, Davis Tarwater and Nick Thoman, were named to the team, Marsh was added as the men’s assistant coach. The SwimMAC five brought home six medals from London and help USA Swimming remind the world just how dominant we are. Prior to the 2012 Olympics and Olympic Trials, Marsh was tabbed to lead the 2011 USA men’s team in the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool. This was the third time, previously in 2003 and 2005, out of the five total Duels for Marsh to lead the team. With Marsh at the helm, the men outscored the European All-Stars 100.5-30. Marsh left Auburn for SwimMAC following a 17-year career. While at Auburn, Marsh’s swimmers excelled at the national and international levels of competition athletically, and most importantly, in the classroom. According to Marsh, success in the pool is success out of the pool. In the pool, accomplishments included numerous NCAA Team Championships, seven men’s (1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) and five women’s (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007). It is an unprecedented achievement that four of these Men’s and Women’s NCAA Championships were earned in the same season. His teams took home a combined 1,312 All-America honors by 276 athletes, along with 45 NCAA individual titles and 30 NCAA relay crowns. Out of the pool, 200+ swimmers were chosen to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and 45 were named Academic All-Americans. In addition, 25 combined men and women’s teams have been named CSCAA Academic All-American. He also coached four Leah Rawls Atkins and eight Cliff Hare Award winners. These awards are the highest awards an Auburn student- athlete can receive. Just as Auburn rose to become a powerhouse program, SwimMAC Carolina has done the same. Since taking over the program, the club has become the best in the country having won three national titles, consistent top-five finisher at Junior Nationals and this year the club’s first-ever Club Excellence title. Staying consistent with his belief in success outside of the pool leads to success in the pool, Marsh and SwimMAC strive to positively impact the community around them everyday. The club has raised funds, donated time and resources to dozens of groups and organizations in the Charlotte community. Awards: President’s Council for Physical Fitness and Health (2009-2012) NCAA Women's Coach of the Year: '01, '02, '03 NCAA Men's Coach of the Year: '94, '97, '99, '03, '03, '04 SEC Men's Coach of the Year: '92, '93, '97 (co-coach), '98, '99, '01, '03, '04 , '05, '06 SEC Women's Coach of the Year: '93 (co-coach), '02, '03 Knoxville News-Sentinel Men's Coach of the Year: '93, '95, '98, '99, '01, '03, '04 , '05 Knoxville News-Sentinel Women's Coach of the Year: '92, '93, '03 "Inside the Auburn Tigers" Coach of the Year: '93, '96, '97, '03, '04 2006 United States Sports Academy Distinguished Service Award recipient 2005 Walter Gilbert Award recipient 2003 & 1999 National Collegiate and Scholastic Swimming Trophy International Coaching Experience: 2012 USA Men’s Olympic Assistant Team Coach 2011 USA Men's Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool Head Coach 2005 USA World Championships Assistant Men's Coach 2003 & 2005 USA Men's Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool Head Coach 2003 USA World Championship Head Coach 2000 USA Men's Olympic Team Assistant Coach 1999 USA Men's Pan-Pacific Team Assistant Coach 1996 USA Men's Olympic Team Assistant Coach 1995 USA Men's Pan-Pacific Team Head Coach 1994 USA World Championships Assistant Women's Coach 1991 USA Pan American Games Assistant Men’s Coach Club Accomplishments: 2012 USA Swimming Junior National Long Course Champions 2011 USA Swimming Club Excellence 1st place 2011 USA Swimming Short Course Men’s National Champions 2011 31 USA Swimming Scholastic All-Americans (Country-Leading) 2010 27 USA Swimming Scholastic All-Americans (Country-Leading) 2009 USA Swimming Short Course Men’s National Champions 2009 Club Team-Combined National Champions 2009 Club Team- Men National Champions 2009 26 USA Swimming Scholastic All-Americans (Country-Leading) 2008 29 USA Swimming Scholastic All-Americans (Country-Leading) Collegiate Highlights: Coached 1,312 All-Americans Coached 40 NCAA Individual Titles Coached 25 NCAA Relay Titles Coached 178 Individual SEC Champions Coached 52 SEC Relay Champions Internationally Coached 52 athletes that won medals in 90 events Olympic Athletes and Coaches Coached (Nation/Where Coached) Ricky Berens, ’08 Gold (USA/SwimMAC) Romain Barnier, ’00, ’04 (France/Auburn) Fred Bousquet, ’00, ’04, ’08* Silver (France/Auburn) George Bovell, ’00, ’04 Bronze, ’08* (Trinidad & Tobago/Auburn) Kim Brackin, Head Coach ’04 (Zimbabwe/Auburn) Yoav Bruck, ’92, ’96, ’00 (Israel/Auburn) Pat Calhoun, ’00 (USA/Auburn) Ellen Coparropa, ’00, ’04 (Panama/Auburn) Kristen Coventry, ’00, ’04 Gold, Silver, Bronze, ’08 Gold, Three Silver (Zimbabwe/Auburn) Dave Durden, Head Coach ’04 (Panama/Auburn) Rowdy Gaines, ’80, ’84 Three Gold (USA/Auburn) Mark Gangloff, ’04 Gold, ’08 Gold (USA/SwimMAC) Cesar Garcia, ’04 (USA/Auburn) John Hargis, ’96 Gold (USA/Auburn) Brett Hawke, ’00, ’04 (Australia/Auburn) Margaret Hoelzer, ’04, ’08 Two Silver, One Bronze (USA/Auburn) Raymond (Bryce) Hunt, ’04 (USA/Auburn) Cullen Jones, ’08 Gold, ’12 Gold and Two Silver (USA/SwimMAC) Kara Lynn Joyce, ’12 (USA/SwimMAC) Matt Kidd, ’00, ’04 (Great Britain/Auburn) Jeremy Knowles, ’00, ’04, ’08 (Bahamas/Auburn) Jana Kolukanova, ’00, ’04 (Estonia/Auburn) Micah Lawrence, ’12 (USA/SwimMAC) Rada Owen, ’00 (USA/Auburn) Oswaldo Quevedo, ’00 (Venezuela/Auburn) Nick Shackell, ’96, ’00 (Great Britain/Auburn) Jeff Shaffer, Assistant Coach ’04 (USA/Auburn) Davis Tarwater, ’12 Gold (USA/SwimMAC) Nick Thoman, ’12 Gold, Silver (USA/SwimMAC) Scott Tucker, ’96 Gold, ’00 Silver, (USA/Auburn) Scott Talbot, ’00 (New Zealand/Auburn) Eithan Urback, ’96, ’00 (Israel/Auburn) *Marsh did not coach athlete during this time, but had coached leading up to the 2008 games National Team Athletes: 71 Total National Team Members 52 National Team Members prior to 2007 19 Since joining SwimMAC Nick Brunelli (10-11, 11-12) Eugene Godsoe (11-12) Cullen Jones (08-09, 09-10, 10-11) Kara Lynn Joyce (11-12) Madison Kennedy (11-12) Micah Lawrence (11-12) Justine Mueller (09-10) Tim Phillips (11-12) Josh Schneider (10-11) Nick Thoman (10-11, 11-12) Davis Tarwater (11-12) Kevin Swander (11-12) Mark Gangloff (07-08, 08-09) Tim Liebold (08-09) .